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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
Richard Wübbles, Rhede, DE;
Norbert Wolters, Gescher, DE;
Richard Wübbles, Rhede, DE;
Norbert Wolters, Gescher, DE;
Maschinenfabrik Kemper GmbH & Co KG, Stadtlohn, DE;
Abstract
An intake and plucking arrangement comprises a rotatable intake device that grasps a standing plant and directs it to a plucking gap. The plucking gap is located above parallel first and second stalk rolls that pull the stalk of the plant downwardly so that the plucking gap can separate the useful parts of the plant from the stalk. The upstream end of the first stalk roll is provided with a lower screw conveyor. A conveyor element is drivingly connected to the screw conveyor. The conveying element comprises an upper screw conveyor that is located above the lower screw conveyor. Both screw conveyors are located upstream from and above the inlet end of the plucking slot. The conveying element working in conjunction with the rotatable intake device direct standing plants into the plucking slot.